Because it was wasn't planned way before BFBC2 came out, so there was no code in the box for a beta test 10 months later for a different game. And giving it to all Steam owners of BFBC2 is as easy as turning on a light switch, vs a stamp for a code in the mail to all retail owners.

Tumbler wrote on Jul 15, 2010, 18:47:LOL, I love how you paraphrase blizzards PR crap into the supposed complaints.

"More content than the original but SP story only about the marines! No sale!""I never played LAN, but obviously this shows they're evil! No sale!""Game plays like an updated Starcraft because 90% of fans wanted it that way? No sale!""Online activation like Steam! I wasn't going to buy it before, now I'm extra not going to buy it!""Letting people in South America rent if they can't buy outright? It's too weird, No Sale!" Not sure where the blizzard speak is in this one, kudos for hiding it so well."Digital prices the same as retail? The same as every single digital distribution source in the last 7 years? No sale!"

Are you serious? Stating the obvious reality is "paraphrasing" press releases? What should I say? The exact opposite of what's real so some paranoid schizo can't accuse me of being a super long term shill? Maybe I should mine press releases for quotes since then it wouldn't be "paraphrasing".

The PC Warrior wrote on Jul 15, 2010, 19:42:maybe blizzard should make fucking computer games and let the rest of us worry about managing our identity on the internet and whether we want to use facebook or not.

Of course you're going to ignore the "completely optional" part. Maybe you've been living under a rock these past two years, but Facebook has seen ridiculously insane growth as it somehow easily kicked Myspace's ass and now a bajillion people use it. A sane person would see it as the best of both worlds that they're including this functionality to reach out to that market, and at the same time making it optional to please privacy advocates.

The PC Warrior wrote on Jul 15, 2010, 19:57:as if they arent going to totally kill functionality for people that dont use their realid and facebook bs. they will get a worse experience. yeah that big deal they announced with them, that was just for fun

And there it is, full evidence of groundless paranoia on display. All your hate is based on info in your head on what you believe 100% without any basis, despite them making clear Facebook was always optional and them completely backing off the RealID thing (which was optional even before).

Luke wrote on Jul 15, 2010, 18:18:why should he not comment on it ??maybe he is angry , and disapointed at blizz ,

If he's angry about it, then he should comment like he's angry, not the "too cool to care" bullshit comments, as if they just this second lost his sale with this announcment, or hell, with every announcement that gives him something new to complain about.

Darks wrote on Jul 15, 2010, 16:04:Well that fine, but they lost my business. First off they broke the game into 3 parts. Secondly they removed local LAN; third they made the game look like a remake from the early 90's but with better graphics. They didn’t even bother to slim down the UI. All pretty pathetic!

So this is a lost sale to me.

Oh shut up. You're pathetic. You've been going on this "they lost my sale" business forever, yet you can't help but pop in SC2 comment threads. Every single time, you harp on every old debunked complaint with the same tired lines.

"More content than the original but SP story only about the marines! No sale!""I never played LAN, but obviously this shows they're evil! No sale!""Game plays like an updated Starcraft because 90% of fans wanted it that way? No sale!""Online activation like Steam! I wasn't going to buy it before, now I'm extra not going to buy it!""Letting people in South America rent if they can't buy outright? It's too weird, No Sale!""Digital prices the same as retail? The same as every single digital distribution source in the last 7 years? No sale!"

Read interviews. They lamented on Single Player in RTSes traditionally being too much of a simple training mode for multiplayer. They're working on the SP telling a story and being a better game even if there were no multi. That's why every campaign is 30 missions long.

Creston wrote on Jul 7, 2010, 10:43:Ehm, doesn't the new Steam client already allow you to do this? Or am I misunderstanding this?

It's apparently different in that it allows you to tag a game with multiple tags, while the new Steam client simply allows you to set custom categories for a game, with 1 custom category per game. I'm guessing this is through a browser interface.